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That, from a Variety of Circu.nflances, they have not hitherto been enabled, though in an improving ^tate, to render the faid IQand, either to ihemlelvcs or the Motlier Country, of that Importance ofivhtchil is capab.e. That thcv have of late taken gre.it Pains to obtain Information, and have maturely confidered in what Manner they might bell promote the Int.rtft ofthelaidUhnd, without cfTcding thereby the Interelt ot the ,arent St .te ; and the Rciult of their Inquiries is now, with becoming Deference, luomitcca to your Loidlhlps' Confidcration. In the ^u^ P^ace, your Petitioners beg Leave to reprcdnt to your Lordlhips th.it ihc Illand of Saint John occupies a mull important Situation ar the Entrance of the Gi.lf of iw;«/ l.a'.vrence, :xr.d .. ne..r,y centrical to his Majefty's remaining Cobnies. T'r\T it has i >" cr of uood and fafe Harbours; that the foil is capable of I he hi^^hcll IX, ec of Cuhivaiion produces yall Q^iautities of uletul Timber, aaJ that its Shores abound with all Kinds of i'lfli. That therefore, pofll-fling as it docs from N,.ture fuch local Ad- vantages, it leems only to rcc,ui,c the Aid of a fuf.kient Number ot '"Ju( rjs Inhabitants to make it a llounlh.ng Colony, and capal^le m Tunc of contnhtt^a /(irgeSirp'y cf Fnv.-Jions to Hm' uagbbcuring iijhenes. 'I'HAT if fuch Indulaences as your Petitioners mean to propofe to vour Lordfhips Ihall be allowed th.m, it will be an Inducement to Numbers ot Settlers to rclort to the llland of Saint John from the United States. That by tl-,is Means the Lands will be cultivated, ample Supnli^-s will be provuled fu" the U'd. Indies and oih.r /M///Z; Settlements that may Hand i„ Need of ti.em, the i-ilhe.ies on the Coall will be cx;endedi and, at the lame Time that a Channel will be opened for a large Conlumpt.on ot .he manu- factured ArticKs oi ih.s Country, their Finierics and Comm.Tcc will be no in. conrkierablo Nv.ileiies for Seamen for the Britijlj Navy. YouK Peti'i.nrrs havinir thuif bricH/ introduced ihcfe preliminary nblVrvations, n.cU i.i.nl^'y rrc,ueil th.it your Lordlhips' Attention will be par- liculariv d:iectc,» t.) v.: fucoecdin- cues, which are as lohows : ' I ('. 1. H A i - 1} ] 10. II. 12. »3- 14. Tn NT \vluia thcv re vere theWifu'om of Parliamen t in enfVdng t'le Principles otlT^^'A^tSmivuia'non, by which alone the juit -EHdits ot her Co lonics can b ? I ce red to ' v^t parent Staf, tky pcrkuJe t.unilc vcs ihey fliall be pardoned when they cndc.'vour to point out wlieie Laws palled tor that Purp.-.le prels with too much Seventy upon this Colony, in us prelent Sciu- and obftruft its Progrcfs, in which nut only their Intcreit but that or tne Lu^ujb Nation IS deeply concerned. Th -vt in the prefent State of this Colony, a amporary Intercourfe, by Means of lintijl^ Shipping with the American States is of the lUniolJ Cun- fequence and would produce .he moil effential Advantages by uKrealno its Inhabitants, and by rendering ufeful and comtortable thofc already lectiat upon it. That your Petitioners find themfclves and thii Colony precluded fron thcaforefaid Advantages by the late Ad, regulating the Intercourie between th. Britiflj Colonies and the ^werican Stales, v'hLch upon no !■ mergency will .d.nit ot any Perlons bringing with thein Houlehold Effecb or other lurn.ture, or any Sorts of Salt Proviiion. That they be" Leave further to reprefent that a Number of L/iyal Refuc^ees have already fettled in this Colony, wh-) aiil have lume Property and Hffeds as well as'Expeaation of Aid and AlFiftance from their rriend. la the States, but cannot at prefent receive it in any other Mode than Lalh. That thefe laft, as well asfuch Emigrants as are expefted, have been accuftomed ro ieveral Articles which they cannot be lo wei! luppU'd wiili from any other Country as f;om the Scares, and arc from Ha-.t real Comtorts ofLifetothem-, luch'as Fruit and Fruit-trees ot different kinds Bee.^ and Honey ; the Length of the Voyage rendering it too cxpenhve and precarious tu bring them from Europe. re Th\t your Petitioners are bold to alTert, from Experiments already made, that no Part of the United States produces better or more ample Crops of G.ain than this IHand would, if properly inhabited and cultivated ; and that it would exceed them in many Kinds both as to Qtiantity and Qiiality. 16 And they appeal to your LordHiips' Wifdom, if it be not more bene- ' firial to the Mother Country that uicful and loyal Subjeds Hiould be drawtt here from the United States than that your Petitioners Ihould be under the NecefTitv of inviting them from Great Brilain and Ireland. J, If any Apprehenfions have ever been fuggelled, of too many emigrate MncT from the States into the RnV/yZ, Colonies, it cannot lurely ^'Pply to ^'^'-^ ■ tnlnd which has no Mountains or EaffnelTes, .itid is lo interledled with Water that it muft always remain fubjrft to the natuial Power of GVr.f AV;/.»«, as your Petitioners fervently pray it may do to its Government; and, inllead ot JJanger, vour Petitioners are convinced that luch People will give Strength and Stability .hele Colonics, becaufe fhcy will leave the States, from an Attachment la the Kinu's Government, or with a full Convidion, from Experience, ol it» . Excellence, and the Evils of their pr^leiu, as well as the hipcrior Adva.tage^ ^^ their Indultiv would derive from ftipplyint; the BritiJJj l^mpue with their 1 10- duce, under'tl e Preference of the Navij,atiun Laws. Your Lorddiips arc well acquainted with the Loy.ilty of th-Qnakcrs of PcmMvar,a ; their Indullry, SolMie.y. and vinuoiis '""f^S^'u •'^'■*'rrr' H . by no JXicripiion of People. The People on ,h^ HudfirC^ K.vcr were a 1. , remarkable fo their Loyalty in the late War, and your Pctu.onc-s ha e bee , '7- 5^^/-^:? C 3 ■ ral - Thonfep tls of the V/^UiH>-t:i .*) K'\. I C nftjj!,i^ilftui^ ti:i WLJI un !-« LUIIUV-I D \jX the I cop It? 11*001 lUt Xintyc/M ^ River, would remove to this IQand if ihey had Oppoitunity and Encouru^e- nicnt. informed, and are verily perfuaded, that f»v ^al ■ Thonfeo tls of the principal QuukcMs (if Fennjyl-vama, as well as Numbers of the Pcdple from die liudfoii'i 1 8. Youa Peritioners fiibmit further to your Lordflvps' Cor.fiJeration, that the Comnie;ce of the faid Ifland, and die Intercourfc with die neighbouring Britifi Colonics, is focncnticil to their mutual Safety and Benefit, which a'e giejtiy obftrutled by the heavy Charges txadcd by the Officers of his M;ijefty's CulKims, as well on the Ifland as on the adjacent Coali:-, and, though they are well aware of the Nccelluy of Cuftom-Houle Regulations, and that the Service of his Majefty's Officers fhould be pioperly rewarded, they humbly conceive that the fame may be ellabliflied in a Manner more advantageous to the Community at large, as well as the individual Interefts of his Majefty's Officers. The Situation of Saint John's, as an Ifland, requires a frequent Inter- courfc by Shipping with the neighbouring Coafts ; and tc and from whence an Exchance of Commodities is frequently an Objeft to both : it is prdumed, therefore, that it would be of no fmall Utility to permit Britifi Vtrflcls to pafs to and from th^ faid IQand, and to and from any Port or Harbour cf his Majelly's Britijh Colonies Coaftways, North of Cape Sable, upon taking out an annual Licenfe, or under fimilar Regulations with tholi: adopted in the coafting Trade oi Great Btituin. ig. Yoi'R Petitioners therefore pray your Lordffilps to take the Premlfes into Confideration, and to recommend to Parliament to paf^ a public Aft, granting, for fucli Time a^ to them and their Wifdoin fhall leem meet, PermilTion for all Perfons emigrating actually as Settlers to this Colony, from any of the United States oi Jinerica, to have Liberty to carry with them, in Britijh Vejfels, their Wearing Apparel, Houfchold Effects, Tools, and Farming Utenfils ; and the Remainder of their Property in any Kind of Grain, Flour, Brend, falted Provifions, Cattle, Poultry, Bees, Honey, Fruit, Fruit Trees, Cyder, Perry, Metheglin, Flax, Fla.'v Seed, Ileinp, Hemp Seed, and unwrought Iron. Provided that no Part of the afofcmentioncd enumerated Articles fhall be tcfnipped from the faid in.ind of Saint John to any other Part except Great Britain or IreLr.d, ana under Kich Reltricftions as may be jt'dged proper i and alio giving l^ermiffion for ail fuch Emigrants, as well as the other Inhabitants of the faid Ifland, to import all Manner of Cattle, Fruit, and Fruit 'I'recs, Honey and Bees, the Produce of the laid United States, under fuch Reftridions as your Lordfliipilhali be f)f Opinion are belt calculaied to prevent illicit Trade i*i|pd alio granting to a|! fuch Emigrants, on their becoming adtually*cttlers, and taking Oaths of Allegiance to h.is Majefty, ail the Rights and Privileges cf h HiJJi Subjeds, as long as they (lull continue to rclide on the Ifland. N. B. Several of the Paragraphs have been read and confidered, and th; Remainder were refcrrrd for Confideration at the next Meeting.